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Tuesday, November 20, 2007 21:09 [IST]
Faizabad: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today distanced itself from Seema Azad, one of the accused in the kidnapping of a Dalit girl Shashi, saying that she had nothing to do with the party.
In a press release here today BSP district president Pawan Kumar, said that Azad might have relations with party MP Mitra Sen Yadav or his son and former minister Anand Sen Yadav but she had nothing to do with the party.
Meanwhile, police raided the ancesteral house of Seema Azad in village Bhagwabhit and her city residene in Wazirganj area but she is still at large, SP (city) G N Khanna said.
Shashi’s father Yogendra Prasad is in Delhi to seek help of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in the case.
“I wil cry for justice, if I can meet Soniaji, he told reporters while leaving for Delhi yesterday.
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Electric shocks as sleeping pill for Uttar Pradesh priest
By Ashok Pal
Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh), Nov. 21 (ANI): Believe it or not, a priest in Uttar Pradesh’ Lalitpur District has developed a bizarre liking for electric shocks. He cannot do without his daily dose for a sound sleep.
Baba Mangal Das, the priest of Ram Janaki temple at Bamhorisar village in Lalitpur District of Uttar Pradesh is addicted to this weird habit for three years. And, he strangely claims to have never faced any adverse effect.
“At night, I plug this wire in and place a live wire either inside my mouth, ears or under my armpit to sleep well. Without having electric shocks, I turn restless. I have been doing it for the past three to four years,” a priest Ram Janaki temple, Bamhorisar.
The 52-year-old priest is said to have been fond of opium, smack and marijuana. His craving for intoxication remained unquenched until he experienced electric shock on touching one end of an electrified iron rod in 2004.
Mangal Das loves getting his dose of thrills from a kitchen-heater’s coils while it is switched on. Over it, he places one end of a rod and takes the other end to his tongue.
“I used to dope a lot. I used to have marijuana but slowly it stopped intoxicating me. I started getting electric shocks to satisfy my craving,” said Mangal Das.
Although initially dazed to learn Mangal’s unique way of doping, the villagers are now accustomed to see him fiddling with live wires.
“I am seeing him since the past three years using electricity for doping. He says that he cannot live without it, so we too don’t push him to get rid of it,” said Ajay Upadhyaya, a villager.
Seeing Mangal getting electric shocks and surviving , a few villagers seek his blessings as they consider him divine!
According to medical practitioners, it is all about developing immunity.
“Human physiology is such that if one keeps on using something for doping, his or her body develops immunity to that thing. This man is having electric shocks for a long time and his body has developed insulation power. There is no miracle at all to it,” said Dr. Amit Chaturvedi, a Physician at the Government Hospital in Lalitpur. (ANI)
Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, Nov 22, 2007
PBA Infra active on order buzz
PBA Infrastructure, a Mumbai-based road construction company, has been active for the past one week on the market buzz suggesting that it has bagged road construction order in Uttar Pradesh worth Rs 300 crore.
There has been no official announcement on new orders after March this year. A company official told Business Line that the company made appropriate disclosures to the stock exchanges when there was a development for reporting.
Between January and March this year, the company made three announcements regarding fresh award of contracts β all in greater Mumbai and Maharashtra β worth a total of around Rs 97 crore. In November 2006, it informed that its 49:51 joint venture with a partner was awarded a BOT road project worth Rs 297 crore involving four-laning of Aurangabad β Jalna Road (MSH-6). The concession period of the World Bank-aided project is 23 years and six months.
After the announcement, the stock had touched its 52-week high at Rs 157 on November 30, 2006. In the past two days, the stock has shed some value. But despite this, its weekly gain at Wednesdayβs closing of Rs 99 is still over 17 per cent. Wednesdayβs traded quantity on the NSE was 71,613 shares, while on the BSE 50,007 shares changed hands.
In June this year, the company, having Rs 13.5 crore equity base, deferred indefinitely a proposed preferential issue of share warrants. In the quarter to September 30, 2007, it reported an EPS of Rs 3.74 and the annual EPS to March 31, 2007 was Rs 8.08.
Jayanta Mallick